Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad stated Israel is not currently a viable peace partner.
 
**1,500 police are being assigned to maintain order during the to’eva parade to take place in downtown Jerusalem on Thursday.
 
**In a letter to US envoy Mitchell, MK (Hadash) Swaid says Arab recognition of the Jewish state would be harmful to them.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)